Windshield attachment



Jan. 8 1924. 1,480,432

G. GLAUDEL WINDSHIELD ATTACHMENT Filed March- 8, 1922 uvslvrora:

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Patented Jan. 8 1924.

UNITED STAT-ES GEORGE GLAUDEL, 0]? LOS PATENT: OFF CE- ANGELES,CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB T0 LQS AN GELES, CALIFORNIA.

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WINDSHIELD ATTACHMENT.

' Application filed March 8. 1922 were. 542,087. I

T 0 all wiz am it may concern -Be it known that I, GEORGE GLAUDEL, a

citizen of France, residing at Los Angeles, inthe county ofLos Angelesand Statejof California, have invented a new and useful WindshieldAttachment,.of which the folment.

Another objectis to provide a device that embodies a standard sizeshading shield,-

and embodies also attaching means that will fit different vehicles.

Another object is to provide'a device that embodies a standard sizeshading shield, and embodies also attaching means that will fit over thenormal wind-shields of automobiles, having adjusting means that allow anadjustment to the width of the different wind-shields.

Another object is to provide a shield that can be attached over theexisting windshields of automobiles, having means for adjustment in avertical direction on the framework of the existing wind-shields, havingother means for adjustment in a horizontal direction in relation tothewidth of the wind-shields to overcome the differences in thisdirection, and having other adjustments for holding the shading shieldin desired relation to the existing windshields in front of suchshields.

Other objects will appear from the following description and appendedclaim as well as from the accompanying drawing, in which i Fig. 1 is aperspective front view of the device, a wind-shield of an automobile being indicated in dotted lines to illustrate the relative position of thedevice to the windshield of an automobile. p

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the supporting arm and the clamping memberon one end of the device.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the clamping member in slightly enlarged scale,as seen in the direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a clamping member.

The uprightsl S of thejframeworlr of -a" wind-shield of an automobile,indicated in dotted lines in Fig, 1,,are'norinally designed to holdplain plate-glass, to protect the, drlver and the ipassengers in theautomobile. Intense sunshine, or. the brightv and glar ng headlights of1 other, approaching vehicles, however, are liable to; irritate oraffect the driver in steering the automobile. On more expensive, andnewer types of automobiles, provisions have been madeand embodied in theconstruction to overcome such outside lights ancl,efl: ects:, istherefore one of the objects of this invention to provide .7 anattachment that may'with advantage be used inca'ses'wher'e no provisionswere made in the original con struction. i

The clamping members 6 and 7 are there- A fore preferably made to engageover the standards 5 of the framework of the existing wind-shield. Theclamping members 6 and 7 are illustrated in detail in Figs. 3 and 4,being held together by the bolts 8. The engaging ends of the clampingmembers are provided with claw-like members 9, of shapes to fit overflat or round bars, the fiat bars to be in alignment with the line ofdivision between the two clamping members or at right angles to the lineof div1s1on. vided with an upwardlyprojecting lug 10 with a perforation11. An upright member or supporting arm 12 is adjustably secured to eachof the clamping members 6. The lower end of the supporting arm is madein form of a slotted bar or portion 14. The upper end of the supportingarm 12 is provided with a pivot 15 for supporting a shading shield 16.preferably made of a standard width between the uprights or supportingarms 12.

The bolts 18 in the lugs of the clamping members Gare illustrated in theslotted portions of the supporting arms 12 nearly in Theshading shieldis The clamping member 6 is pro- 1 middle position in the illustrationof Fig. 1;.

Since the Windshields of automobiles vary very much, the uprights 5being sometimes closer together and at other times further apart, itbecomes essential that provisions be made to allow anattachment of thestandard shading shield to the diflerent as indicated at 17. Thememberslfi are preferably slotted, to allow a setting of the shadingshield in desired relations to the wind shield by means of set screws 19the slots beingiiidicated at 18.

From the illustration in Fig. 2 ,it will beclear that the supportingarms 12; and thereby" the whole deviceis arranged and designed so thatthe shading-shield becomes located iii-front of the wind shield,-:s0that the whole device can be adj nsted in an up and downward directionbymeans, of; the

clamping members on the framework" of the wind shield.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim:

,In a shading shield; a pair, of'clarnping members at each end of theshading. shield for engaging with the uprights of the framework of "thewind shieldofan automobile, one of the members in each pair having a lugprojecting upwardly, a shading-shield proper, the shadingshield properbeing of standard width and nearly equal to the width of thewind-shield, a supporting arm pivot/ally engaged at each end with theshading shield proper, each arm having a slotted portion in its lowerend forming in conjunction with the lug of the clamping menu-V bers theadjustingmeans forthe standard sizes shading shield "so as to make thestandard shadingshield applicable to the windthe presence of twosubscribing witnesses GEORGE'GLAUDEL. Witnesses O. H! KRUEZER, Jnssm A.MANOCK.

